GradeEveryone’s happy to cheer when someone’s still battering a guy who’s KO’d on the ground in the ring, yet all of a sudden it’s a big deal when a real life scrap breaks out after the match?

Not directing that at anyone in here, but seems to be a lot of hypocritical outrage about this incident

Who wants to cheer after someone gets knocked out? Nobody I know who watches wants serious injuries or similar. The standard of officiating is crucial for keeping fighters safe in there and generally at the top level they step in at the right time to prevent problems.

A ruck between a huge group after with no rules is completely different. People are pissed cos it was a bad advert for what is in general a sport where people tend to be respectful once the fights are over and has tried hard to get away from the image problem it had years ago.

It's the first time I'd watched in years and I find it very dull when they are just lying on top of each other not doing much, despite how hard it is to do it isn't good to watch. Stopped watching due to a combination of finding half the fights dull and a lot of them a bit too brutal to be enjoyable, boxing has a good balance between violence and safety, I don't want to see someone get repeatedly punched in the face after they are already out cold.

This fight highlighted the fact that Khabib has a fucking granite chin. He ate a few really good solid lefts from Conor that would've dropped a lot of other fighters but just kept coming forward and firing back. In his fight against Barbosa he took a wheel kick flush to the face and didn't even flinch... The guy's a complete monster.

FingerprintsThis fight highlighted the fact that Khabib has a fucking granite chin. He ate a few really good solid lefts from Conor that would've dropped a lot of other fighters but just kept coming forward and firing back. In his fight against Barbosa he took a wheel kick flush to the face and didn't even flinch... The guy's a complete monster.

I literally said the same thing after it finished. Khabib is fucking awesome. He took some heavy shots but that second round was absolute punishment for McGregor. I think Rogan said that Khabib wanted to change McGregor's face lol.

The venom in that ground and pound was incredible. McGregor got away without it being stopped by seconds tbh.

McGregor came out with a few strikes early in the third, which isn't surprising. Mcgregor isn't a terrible fighter. He just talks too much shit. His conditioning is always asked of him tho.

The tap out, the choke wasn't even under the chin. It looked like he was twisting McGregor's neck. And he didn't let go on the first couple of taps, either lol.